She is surprised to discover that, rather than being a victim, Adrian runs a genetics company.Ĩ. The Best of the Best: When Eric is asked to show around a new student, obnoxious eight-year-old child genius Adrian Peele, Amy senses something is not right. However, Amy grows suspicious and discovers that Andy is another clone, designed to be her perfect other half.ħ. When someone dies in a freak accident, Andy claims he witnessed the murder and convinces Amy to run away with him. And The Two Shall Meet: Amy meets a boy named Andy at a wilderness camp, and is instantly attracted to him. Secret Clique: When a group of popular girls appear to gain supernatural abilities, Amy begins to investigate, confusing her best friend Tasha and boyfriend Eric.Ħ.
Amy eventually escapes, but no-one believes her story.ĥ. Perfect Girls: Amy thinks she has won the trip of a lifetime to New York, but she soon discovers this is a front to capture and test herself and seven other clones. Over time, Amy begins to realise that this clone is very unlike Amy – she is evil. Another Amy: Another clone comes to Amy's school to film a movie, and is horrified by Amy's insistence that they are clones. Amy also sees another clone for the first time.ģ. She eventually reveals her abilities to Eric, her best friend's brother. Pursuing Amy: Amy struggles to hide her true identity from her friends, particularly when her mother's new boyfriend turns out to be from the organization attempting to track her down. She is shocked to discover that she is one of thirteen clones created in a government project which her "mother" was part of.Ģ. She is also confused by her suddenly increased physical abilities and powers of healing. Amy, Number 7: Whilst writing an autobiography for an English project, Amy begins to question the identity of her "father", who supposedly died before she was born. A separate trilogy based on the same characters was also published in 2002.ġ. There are twenty-four books in the original series, published regularly between 19.
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This series is very popular and has been sold internationally. Amy also seeks to help the other clones in the project, and encounters a number of other children and teenagers with genetic modifications or supernatural powers. Throughout the series Amy struggles to live a normal life as the mysterious Organisation tries to use her and the other Project Crescent clones to create a master race and take over the world. She was created in the government-funded Project Crescent, and was kidnapped and adopted by one of the scientists after a change of heart. "Replica" is a children's science fiction series about Amy Candler, a young teenager who discovers she is one of thirteen cloned girls who have been genetically modified to have superhuman abilities. She began publishing her work in 1984 under the pseudonym Shannon Blair, and has since had much success, particularly with the internationally selling Replica series. John's University, New York for over twenty years. Marilyn majored in English at Emory University, going on to study a master's degree in library science at Emory and a Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of Chicago, with the thesis title "The nature of didacticism as related to romance and sexuality in young adult novels, 1965–1978". She kept a diary as a child and wrote in a wide range of formats. She spent most of her childhood in Atlanta, Georgia, although she spent her tenth year in Montgomery, Alabama and her thirteenth in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Marilyn Kaye was born in 1949 in New Britain, Connecticut. She is the author of over 100 children's and young adult novel series, including the successful Replica and Gifted series. Marilyn Kaye (born 1949 ) is an American children's writer. Children's literature, Young adult literature, Science fiction
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